It's awesome when you have no idea where you will be in 24 hours...
Well, we bought tickets for this morning's bus, just after deciding where to go at the ticket booth the night before. Megan wants to go more north, and I want to work my way toward Luang Probang. As we were standing at the ticket place, 2 backpackers had just come from Laos, and told us that if we're headed to Luang Probang, to take the boat down the river from Meung Khua. So, that's exactly what Nicholas and I did!
Well where we all ended up (Megan, Lynne, Nicholas, & I) was on a really full bus to Laos.. the bus was past filled, over the limit of the seats that were on it. But wait, full? NONSENSE! After we got across the border, they fit about 20 more people on! I made a video and took photos lol.. along with many others.
A way over capacity bus, no aircon, and full of many stops.. Oh yeah! To help more people fit, all our things were bungied to the top of the bus.. except for the sacs of rice and rocks that were beneath our seats and feet.. Hah! Such is life in Southeast Asia.. I love it.
When we finally arrived to Muang Khua, Megan and I had to say our final goodbyes :(
Then a couple people from the bus, an American couple, Rory and Mara, a Greek guy who lives in the UK, Agi, another girl who only stayed a night, and the Swiss I've been with since Sapa, Nicholas, and I got a boat ride to the next village, Muang Ngoi Neua. It's really cool when a Riverboat is your means of transportation, rather than a bus. It was soo nice.
It took about 3 hours to get there.. and by the end of it, our butts were hurting a bit because of the wood planks we sat on. But the view was soo with it. It was beautiful. It's dry season, so there were a few rocks sticking out of the water, and a few times it looked like we were going to hit one, but no such thing happened, the locals know the ins and outs of this river, I'm sure. But the ride was great, there were mountains and big hills surrounding us, and some of the big rock structures really made the view a sight to see.
At one point, we stopped near a really small village so our captain could buy a fish, and there were kids swimming and playing. Agi got out and took a few photos and showed them, and Mara gave them a bunch of snacks we had. It was soo sweet! Children are soo amazing, and they were soo cute!
As we were leaving, we all waved goodbye and were on our way! About 1 more hour and we arrived.
It was such a nice way to start Laos, on a Riverboat, beautiful scenery, local children, and now a very small local village!
<3 M
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